Investments sets the standard as a graduate (MBA) text intended primarily for courses in investment analysis. The guiding principle has been to present the material in a framework that is organized by a central core of consistent fundamental principles and will introduce students to major issues currently of concern to all investors. In an effort to link theory to practice, the authors make their approach consistent with that of the CFA Institute. Many features of this text make it consistent with and relevant to the CFA curriculum.
The common unifying theme is that security markets are nearly efficient, meaning that most securities are priced appropriately given their risk and return attributes. Investments is also organized around several important themes: The central theme is the near-informational-efficiency of well-developed security markets and the general awareness that competitive markets do not offer "free lunches" to participants. A second theme is the risk-return trade-off. Also, this text places great emphasis on asset allocation. Finally, this text offers a broad and deep treatment of futures, options, and other derivative security markets.
PART 1: Introduction
Ch. 1 The Investment Environment
Ch. 2 Asset Classes and Financial Instruments
Ch. 3 How Securities Are Traded
Ch. 4 Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies
PART 2: Portfolio Theory and Practice
Ch. 5 Risk, Return, and the Historical Record
Ch. 6 Capital Allocation to Risky Assets
Ch. 7 Efficient Diversification
Ch. 8 Index Models
PART 3: Equilibrium in Capital Markets
Ch. 9 The Capital Asset Pricing Model
Ch. 10 Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Multifactor Models of Risk and Return
Ch. 11 The Efficient Market Hypothesis
Ch. 12 Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis
Ch. 13 Empirical Evidence on Security Returns
PART 4: Fixed-Income Securities
Ch. 14 Bond Prices and Yields
Ch. 15 The Term Structure of Interest Rates
Ch. 16 Managing Bond Portfolios
PART 5: Security Analysis
Ch. 17 Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis
Ch. 18 Equity Valuation Models
Ch. 19 Financial Statement Analysis
PART 6: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives
Ch. 20 Options Markets: Introduction
Ch. 21 Option Valuation
Ch. 22 Futures Markets
Ch. 23 Futures, Swaps, and Risk Management
PART 7: Applied Portfolio Management
Ch. 24 Portfolio Performance Evaluation
Ch. 25 International Diversification
Ch. 26 Hedge Funds
Ch. 27 The Theory of Active Portfolio Management
Ch. 28 Investment Policy and the Framework of the CFA Institute
